Plant For Screen Or Windbreak Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Alaska

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

* The Jack Pine ( Pinus banksiana ) is a North American pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia , and the northeast of the United States from Minnesota to Maine , with the southernmost...

* The aromatic leaves are used as a moth repellent. In the North American logging industry, the grand fir is often referred to as "hem fir", with hem fir being a blanket term that can be applied to a number of species with interchangeable types of wood...

* Established plants tolerate drought, succeeding in hot dry sites. * The smooth grey- green bark flakes away creating a beautiful patchwork of white, yellow, purple, brown and green.

* Tolerates dry sites. * Although only 4 - 8mm long, it's fruit has been suggested as a substitute for the true olive, Olea europaea. Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil.

* Chickasaw plum grows 12 to 20 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide in an irregular shape. * Chickasaw plums tend to bloom early in the spring. * Cultivated by the Chickasaw Indians and other indigenous peoples before the arrival of Europeans.

* A handsome tree, light to dark green needles and yellowish-green cones. * Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern...

* This small tropical tree is sometimes grown as an ornamental. * It is quite drought tolerant as it will drop its leaves during dry periods for up to 8 months. It is most often grown as a living fence or interplanted with other species for use as timber.

* Peking cotoneaster is an upright, deciduous shrub with a rounded top that typically grows to 6-10' tall and as wide. * Leaves turn attractive shades of orange and red in fall. Lucidus, which see, but leaves are not shiny; black fruit; native to northern...

* Of spreading, mound-like habit; shiny dark green leaves; fall color can be long-lasting and impressive in purples, reds, and yellows; dark red fruit; Dirr says it does well in the U.S. Midwest and East, less well in the South; native to China * A rose-tan...

* Nordmann Fir ( Abies nordmanniana ) is a fir native to the mountains south and east of the Black Sea , in Turkey , Georgia , Russian Caucasus and northern parts of Armenia. * It is a large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 60 m tall and with a trunk...

* A rare and botanically interesting,medium-sized to large, suckering shrub, occasionally a small tree. The layers of annual growth are hardly distinguishable. It has narrow-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate leaves, 12-20cm long, and small flowers appear...

* Flowering in May, with seeds ripe form September to October * They often form forests of considerable extent at elevations of 1200 - 1800 metres. Conservation Plant Characteristics Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.

* A narrow tree with several trunks; foliage dark, bluish, or light green; doesn't mind drought; native to western North America, often from high altitudes; hedge and screening plant; many cultivars; popular in upper Midwest and Rocky Mountains.

* A handsome tree, light to dark green needles and yellowish-green cones. * Native to central and Southern Japan * Momi Fir is sometimes used as an ornamental tree, particularly in warm temperate regions with hot, humid summers such as the southeastern...

* Found in cool, wet mountainsides. * It grows at altitudes of 700-2,200 m, often in temperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and heavy winter snowfall. * Native to Eastern China and Southern Japan * An evergreen Tree growing...

The fruit is edible but not as well known for its jelly and pie making as its cousin Cydonia . The rich aromatic juice, as tart as a lemon, is squeezed and used for culinary purposes.

It is called Port Orford cedar in its native locality. * It was first discovered (by Euro-Americans) near Port Orford in Oregon and introduced into cultivation in 1854, by collectors working for the Lawson & Son nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after whom...

* Abies numidica is a medium-sized to large evergreen tree growing to 20–35 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. * It is valued among firs for its drought tolerance. * Algerian Fir is grown as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens.

It is a herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. * Twining vine with 4 inch dark sky-blue flowers. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole.

* Prunus laurocerasus (common name Cherry laurel and sometimes called English laurel in North America) is a species in the genus Prunus , native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe , from Albania and Bulgaria...

* When jatropha seeds are crushed, the resulting jatropha oil can be processed to produce a high-quality biofuel or biodiesel that can be used in a standard diesel car or further processed into jet fuel, while the residue (press cake) can also be used...

Carpinus cordata, sometimes commonly called heartleaf hornbeam, is a slow-growing, densely-branched, deciduous tree with an attractive rounded form that is native to Japan, Korea and China.

The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products. * It was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600. * Scots pine is an important tree in forestry. * Scots pine is the only pine native to northern Europe.

* Plants are very tolerant of pruning and make a good hedging plant for windy sites. They are applied internally in the treatment of fevers. However, pre-treatment of the seed in very hot water may be needed.

A lupane acid extracted from the thorns showed in vitro anti-HIV activity. Sinensis has in vitro effects that may be indicative of antiallergic activities, possibly due to the saponins in fruits.

It is called Port Orford cedar in its native locality. * It was first discovered (by Euro-Americans) near Port Orford in Oregon and introduced into cultivation in 1854, by collectors working for the Lawson & Son nursery in Edinburgh, Scotland, after whom...